And frederick leach



Patented Dec. 27, |898.

E I A. MARSH &. F. LEACH.

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vllNrrnD STATES PATENT EDIVARD A. MARSH, CF NENVTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND FREDERICK LEACH, OF NElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN WALTIIAM WATCH CCMPANY, OF 'WALTHABL MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,625, dated December 27, 1898.

Application iiled April 14, 1898. Serial No. 677,571. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that we, EDWARD A. MARSH, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and FREDERICK LEACH, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to packing 1o and storing receptacles and specifically to boxes and similar cases for receiving small articles, such as the mainsprings or other parts of watch-movements; and it has for its object to provide a receptacle of the charac- I 5 ter described into which such articles as those mentioned may be placed without danger of their distorting its shape or bending the casing thereof in such way as to permit them to work out.

2o Another object of the invention is to provide a box which is especially adapted for the reception of coiled Watch-springs and other circular or cylindrical objects and which is neat in appearance and easily sealed when 2 5 being mailed or otherwise transported.

To these ends the invention consists of a box comprising a casing and a tray adapted to slide therewith, said parts possessing or being provided with certain features of novelty, which are illustrated upon the drawings and will now be described in detail and finally pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters marked thereon,

3 5 forming a part of this specification, the same let-ters indicating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure l represents in perspective view a box embodying our invention.

4o Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the same, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Figs. A to 6 represent a different embodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, which portray one embodiment of our invention selected by ns for the purpose of illustration, and more particularly to Figs. l to 3, ct indicates generally the casing, and Z; indicates the tray,

5o slide, or drawer, these parts constituting the box. The casing, as shown, is octagonal in plan view and is provided with a top wall a',

a bottom wall a2, a rear end wall a3, and side walls a4 d5, the end walls including the walls at the corners. The front end of the casing is open, and consequently the top and bottom walls project beyond the line (shown as dot= ted in Fig. l) which connects the front ends of the side walls, said projecting portions being lettered am and @22, respectively. The 6o tray or drawer is likewise octagonal in plan view and has a bottom b, end walls h2 b3, and side walls b4 b5, the walls at the corners being included as parts of the end walls. The tray tits snugly within the casing and is less in area than the latter, so that when it is in place the projecting portions am C022, before referred to, extend at their edges slightly beyond the end wall b2 of the tray.

In order to prevent any resilient or com= 7o pressible articles which may be placed in the box from springing the top and bottom walls of the casing, the tray is provided with a clamp to engage the edges of the projecting portions au CL2?, as shown in Fig. 3. 75

The clamp consists of a plate c, having transverse grooves c c' near its ends c2 c2, the said ends extending rearwardly at right an gles to the body of the plate. Near its middle the plate is provided with a transverse 8o groove c3 to receive the ends of a bail c4, which is grasped in withdrawing the tray from the casing.

The plate is secured to the front wail of the tray by a staple or fastener CZ, having its prongs inserted from inside the tray through the front wall thereof and through apertures in the said plate, the ends of the said prongs being bent down upon the face of the plate c.

The bent ends of the plate are parallel to 9o each other, and when the tray is in the casing lie above and below the projecting edges of the top and bottom walls thereof. The said edges extend into the grooves c' c, so as to permit the tray to be inserted to the fullest extent in the casing, with its rear end wall pressing against the rear end wall of the latter.

The ends of the plate c form clamping-jaws and prevent the projecting edges of the walls of the casing from springing apart, and by roo reason of their resiliency and consequent frictional engagement with the said edges prevent the tray from slipping accidentally out of the casing.

In case it be desired to ship or transport the box it may be easilysealed by placing astrip of paper over the front Wall of the tray and pasting the edges to the side walls of the casing, the bail c4 being adapted to lie substantially parallel to the surface of the front Wall of the tray.

The box may be constructed of pasteboard, Wood, or any other suitable material which will furnish sutlicient rigidity, and in plan view may be in the shape of a polygon of any number of sides, or even circular, elliptical, or ovoid, its shape depending upon the article or articles to be therein packed.

In Figs. a to G We have illustrated an elliptical box in which the tray or slide e is pivoted at one end of its major axis in the corresponding end of the casingf. A short tube e is secured inside the end Wall of the tra-y by pasting the lining over it, and a pin e2 is passed through it and through the top and bottom Walls of the casing, the ends of the pin being bent or upset to prevent its Withdrawal.

One of the long sides of the casing is open to permit the tray to be swung into it, and consequently the latter is provided with a clamp to engage the edges of the casing and prevent their being sprung apart.

It is evident that our invention may be embodied in boxes of other forms and that the details of construction may be materially altered Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. A

Owing to the fact that the clamp c is carried by the tray and that the ends thereof bear against the front edges of the top and bottom walls of the easing the tray is prevented from bulging or bending out the rear Wall of the casing by any undue pressure exerted against the front of the tray when closing the latter. This is of particular advantage when the box is made of light material, as pasteboard.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a Way of constructing and using the same, though Without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, We declare that what We claim isl. A box comprising a casing having top and bottom walls, and a tray adapted to slide in said casing, said tray having a clamp attached thereto to prevent the edges of the said top and bottom Walls from separating.

2. A box comprising a easing having top and bottom walls, a tray slidable in the casing, and a non-extensible clamp carried by said tray and attached thereto and having members to engage the edges of the said Walls of the casing, and prevent them from spread- 1n g.

3. A box comprising a casing having top and bottom Walls, a tray slidable in the casing, and a non-extensible clamp secured to the front end of the tray and having bent ends to engage the edges of the said top and bottom Walls of the casing and prevent them from separating.

4. A box comprising a casing having top and bottom Walls, and a broken wall connecting them, said Wall forming the sides and rear end of the box, and a trayslidable in the casing, said tray having a clamp secured to its front end to engage the edges of the said top and bottom Walls, and a bail or handle, attached to the clamp.

5. A boxcomprising a casing having top and bottom Walls, a tray slidable in said casing, and a clamping-plate carried by the tray for holding the edges ot' the said top and bottom Walls against separating, said plate having grooves to receive the saidedges.

G. A box comprising a easing having top and bottom Walls, a tray slidable in said casing, a clamping-plate having members for engaging the said top and bottom Walls, aud a staple or fastening passed through the plate and through the front Wall of the tray.

7. Asubstantially round or multisided box, comprising a tray adapted to receive a coiled mainspring and having a bottom Wall, and inclosing Walls, and a casing having top and bottom Walls, and a broken Wall connecting the top and bottom Walls, the tray sliding through the aperture in the broken Wall into the interior ot' the casing, said tray carrying on its front end a non-extensible clamp to engage the top and bottom Walls of the casing.

In testimony whereof We have affixed our signatures in presence ot two witnesses.

EDWARD A. MARSH. FREDERICK LEACH. XVitnesses to E.`A. M.:

E. BATCHELDER, P. W. PEZZETTI. Vitnesses to F. L.

CHARLES H. BUHL, R. H. THAYER.

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